Boxing-glove cushion attachment



Sept. 22, 1925.

v M. F. GATELY ET AL.

BOXING GLOVE CUSHION ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 27. 1925 atroz ne q r constructions.

Patented Sept. 22, 1925. f

UNITED STATES f PATENT@ MICHAEL n. GA'ruLY AND FLOYD N. WELLS,` oir wnsrPoINT, NEBRASKA. 4^

BOXING-GLOVE CUSHION ATTACHMENT.

Application led August 27, 1923.

To all whom t may concern-f Be it known that we, MICHAEL F. GATELY and FLOYD N. WLLLS, citizens of the United States, residing at vWestpoint, in the county of Cuming and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxing-Glove Cushion Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to pneumatic attachments for boxing gloves. l/Ve are aware that boxing gloves provided with pneumatic cushions have been used. However there are certain disadvantages in such First, when the bladder is fully inilated, the glove lacks flexibility when a blow is delivered; second, it has been found that considerable effort is necessary to close the hand when the bladder is inflated; third, should the bladder break when a blow is struck, substantially the full force of the blow is delivered.

Our attachment is designed to overcome these faults, and provide a pneumatic cushion for the usual boxing glove which is simple, effective and inexpensive to manufacture and is readily applicable to and removable from the ordinary glove.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figure 1 is a plan view of our attachment in place on a boxing glove.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the attachment, and

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, 4 indicates a stall or pocket adapted to receive the ordinary boxing glove 5. This stall or pocket has a rear wall composed of leaves or liaps 6 secured together by a lace 6a. One of these flaps is provided witha thumb hole 7 through which the thumb of the glove 5 projects. It will be observed that when the fist is closed the thumb serves as an additional retaining means for my attachment.

On, the outer side of the stall 4E is a pocket 8 formed between flexible walls 9 and 10 and having the rear end 11 thereof open. A bladder 12 is placed in the pocket S and has a tube 13 which may be closed by any suitable means, such as a check Serial' No. 659,609.

valve, or it may be folded upon itself and tied in the well-known manner. The bladder is retained in the pocket by any suitable means, such as a lace 14 (Figure 2) securing said open end.

rlhe side walls of pocket 8 between the walls 9 and 10 are preferably elastic members 15, thus insuring flexibility and elasticity,irrespective of the degree of inflation of bladder 12. These members 15 are also capable of lateral play, thus permitting the hand to be closed against resistance of the bladder.

lith this construction, it will be noted that an air cushion may be placed over the ordinary boxing glove and given practically any degree of hardness desired. Should the bladder 12 break upon impact the padding of the boxing glove will serve to break the force of the blow sufficiently to prevent injury.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

llaving thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- 1. An attachment for boxing gloves, comprising a glove receiving stall and a cushionholding stall mounted one upon the other, the opposite side walls of the latter stall including elastic material secured to the glove-receiving stall and to the outer wall of the cushion-holding stall.

2. An attachment for boxing gloves, comprising a glove receiving stall and a cushionholding stall including anouter wall, opposite side walls of elastic material secured to the outer wall and to the outer side of the glove-holding stall, and a pneumatic cushion in the cushion-holding Stall. y

3. An attachment for boxing gloves, comprising a iexible stall of sufficient capacity to receive the usual boxing glove and comprising a front wall and a rear wall, the latter consisting of iaps, one of said flaps having an opening through which the thumb and a pneumatic cushion in the cushionof such boxing glove project-s, an outer holding stall.

cushion holding Wall overlying the front In testimony whereof, We aiiix our 10 Wall ofl the glove-receiving stall, elastic side signatures. Walls connecting the margins of the oushionholding wall and the sides of the stall at the FLOYD N. WELLS. juncture of the front andrear Walls thereof,

MICHAEL F. GATELY. 

